Pink Montipora

i got this ORA frag about 10 weeks ago and I have not noticed any growth. It still looks just like when i bought it. I have a few leathers in the tank and run ferric oxide and carbon. I do weekly water changes. Cal-420, Ph is 7.8 - 8.2, ALK - 9-10. I have a large wild purple monti that gets a lot of growth. What other things could be preventing the pink monti from growing? I have a 46 gallon with 2 150 watt MH bulbs. 14K phoenix bulbs.

 

lack of flow

 

Monti caps for me have been finicky at first. I bought a small frag of and it took several months before I noticed it starting to grow. I now have a purple frag of one and haven't noticed it growing either. I just let it go, it will start growing when it's ready.

 

3 korlia 1's and 1 koralia nano, aqua c remora hang on and a aqua clear hang on filter for the carbon and ferric oxide.

 

Anyone think if I removed the monti from its frag disk and placed on the rock if that would help?

I am thinking that these aquacultured frags just don't do well compared to wild caught montipora

 

yeah what gman said. I wouldn't worry too much about it.

 

I have a couple SPS that I just don't think like my tank. They haven't grown since the day I got them. Everything else is growing nicely.

"I don't know, Squidward. Maybe he just doesn't like you!"

But flow would be a good place to start.

 

the white on the egdes are signs of growth thats how my orange cap is when he grows.. keep this photo and check it agaisnt another photo in a month or so you should see good signs of growth.

 

it has white around edges but just does not get any bigger. It gets enough flow and light and I feed the fish every day.

 

plus the purple grows faster than the red. i had the same thing happen and then did some research and found out that this is not particularly out of the ordinary. green has the slowest growth.